Ages begone and beyond
Amazing.
I kept reading her description of her adopted daughter,"‘Who can resist her smile and her twinkling eyes?’
The Star, Saturday May 13, 2006
She loves her like her own
By LOONG MENG YEE; newesdesk@thestar.com.my
KLANG: When Wong Lee Foong was about a year old, her grandmother wished her dead.
“It's better for you to die before I do. If not, who will care for you?” she once asked.
But the grandmother was not being cruel.
The family was just too poor and hard-pressed to care for the youngest child, born with cerebral palsy and epilepsy and could neither walk nor talk.
To eke out a living, the grandmother would troop the four grandchildren under her care to the fields to plant lady's fingers in Kundang, Rawang.
While the rest of her siblings played, Lee Foong was left under a tree, attracting flies as she urinated and defecated.
Grandma fed the child with condensed milk, the only kind of baby food she could afford.
And then along came Roxanna Lim, a social worker who took the child as her own.
She was a single working woman then, but she promised to be the best mother to the disabled child.
For the next 20 years, Lim tried to live up to the promise. She quit her job to become a full-time mother and has been living on donations since.
When Lee Foong 's contorted body needed a special medical bed, Lim begged a private rehabilitation school to give her one.
When the special child's eyes were diagnosed with retina detachment, Lim took her to Singapore for a corrective surgery. A couple sponsored the trip and the surgery was a success.
“I want my Lee Foong to continue seeing the beautiful rainbow, her favourite Barney show and her pretty Christmas dress,” said Lim, 53.
The journey through life for the awesome twosome has been peppered with laughter, sorrow, despair and encouragement and, above all, faith, hope and love.
Asked if she regretted taking in Lee Foong, Lim said: “It has not been easy, but I have God on my side.
“Who can resist her smile and her twinkling eyes? My baby may not be like the rest, but she is definitely not a child of a lesser God,” said Lim.
I can only surmise that a bond this strong has gone and will go on beyond this lifetime. A bond that has continued for many lifetimes before this, and may continue for many more after this. Roxanna sees Lee Foong beyond her physical disability; "her smile and her twinkling eyes". Where another would look away or stare with pity; Roxanna felt blessed to be a mother to Lee Foong.
That is a link beyond the comprehension of mere mortals like me. She saw beyond the current reality. Surely a bond like this has been built upon ages that have passed. Both may have been mother and daughter, father and son, husband and wife, siblings, lovers or best friends in other lifetimes and different lifeforms. This life is just a another passage for this two connection of energy to reunite again, and reaffirm their oneness.
Words fail me in expressing the awesome wonder of their bond. Nay, it is beyond intellect to embrace the magnificent tie both Roxanna and Lee Foong have. I can only wonder and rejoice at this astounding bond.
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
I kept reading her description of her adopted daughter,"‘Who can resist her smile and her twinkling eyes?’
The Star, Saturday May 13, 2006
She loves her like her own
By LOONG MENG YEE; newesdesk@thestar.com.my
KLANG: When Wong Lee Foong was about a year old, her grandmother wished her dead.
“It's better for you to die before I do. If not, who will care for you?” she once asked.
But the grandmother was not being cruel.
The family was just too poor and hard-pressed to care for the youngest child, born with cerebral palsy and epilepsy and could neither walk nor talk.
To eke out a living, the grandmother would troop the four grandchildren under her care to the fields to plant lady's fingers in Kundang, Rawang.
While the rest of her siblings played, Lee Foong was left under a tree, attracting flies as she urinated and defecated.
Grandma fed the child with condensed milk, the only kind of baby food she could afford.
And then along came Roxanna Lim, a social worker who took the child as her own.
She was a single working woman then, but she promised to be the best mother to the disabled child.
For the next 20 years, Lim tried to live up to the promise. She quit her job to become a full-time mother and has been living on donations since.
When Lee Foong 's contorted body needed a special medical bed, Lim begged a private rehabilitation school to give her one.
When the special child's eyes were diagnosed with retina detachment, Lim took her to Singapore for a corrective surgery. A couple sponsored the trip and the surgery was a success.
“I want my Lee Foong to continue seeing the beautiful rainbow, her favourite Barney show and her pretty Christmas dress,” said Lim, 53.
The journey through life for the awesome twosome has been peppered with laughter, sorrow, despair and encouragement and, above all, faith, hope and love.
Asked if she regretted taking in Lee Foong, Lim said: “It has not been easy, but I have God on my side.
“Who can resist her smile and her twinkling eyes? My baby may not be like the rest, but she is definitely not a child of a lesser God,” said Lim.
I can only surmise that a bond this strong has gone and will go on beyond this lifetime. A bond that has continued for many lifetimes before this, and may continue for many more after this. Roxanna sees Lee Foong beyond her physical disability; "her smile and her twinkling eyes". Where another would look away or stare with pity; Roxanna felt blessed to be a mother to Lee Foong.
That is a link beyond the comprehension of mere mortals like me. She saw beyond the current reality. Surely a bond like this has been built upon ages that have passed. Both may have been mother and daughter, father and son, husband and wife, siblings, lovers or best friends in other lifetimes and different lifeforms. This life is just a another passage for this two connection of energy to reunite again, and reaffirm their oneness.
Words fail me in expressing the awesome wonder of their bond. Nay, it is beyond intellect to embrace the magnificent tie both Roxanna and Lee Foong have. I can only wonder and rejoice at this astounding bond.
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
posted by Hee Boon at 10:07 am
2 Comments:
Yes, no words can describe her nobleness.
Nothing epitomizes unconditional love more!
boundless love rulez! newspapers should print more articles on kindness and love instead of the negative ones.
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